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Unit 12 Text A 课文及译文Feeling Free感受自由 ① I woke up feeling cranky. I didnt want to do housework, though the laundry was piling up. I didnt want to read the work I brought home from the office. I didnt want to do anything that resembled responsible behavior. It was that kind of day. 一醒来我的心情就很糟糕。我不想做家务，尽管要洗的衣服已经堆积如山。我也不想理会那些我从办公室带回家的工作。我不想做任何负责任的事。这就是那样的一天。 ② As I drank my morning tea, I thought I felt a headache coming on. Yes, there it was, a dull throb just behind my eyes. Maybe I should go back to bed until it subsided. As I put the dishes in the sink, it seemed that my muscles were beginning to ache. Or was the ache in my joints? That could mean I was coming down with the flu. （承上启下句） Everyone I knew had the flu this year. Why should I be the one to escape it? I absolutely should be in bed.当我喝早茶的时候，我就感到阵阵头痛袭来。是的，就是，一阵隐隐约约的疼痛充斥着我的眼睛。或许，我应该继续睡觉直到疼痛消失。当我把盘子丢进水槽里的时候，我的肌肉好像也开始隐隐作痛。或许是我的关节在痛?那是不是我得了流感了呢?我认识的每个人今年都得了流感。凭什么我幸免于此?我的确应该躺在床上。 ③ I shuffled back to bed, wiggled under the covers and shut my eyes. Another couple of hours of sleep would be so nice, but I was already completely awake. I ought to get up. But no, there was that headache and the beginning of a sniffle. Better get the tissues.我拖拉着回到床上，在被子下扭动了下就闭上了眼睛。能再睡几小时就好了，可我现在已经完全清醒了。我应该起床。不，还是不要了。我的头还痛着，鼻子也开始抽抽搭搭了，我最好去拿些纸巾。 ④ On my way back from the bathroom with a family-sized（适合全家用的）tissue box, I stopped to grab that big new novel I had bought but had no time to read. I opened the book and settled against the pillows.我去浴室取了一盒家庭装的纸巾，在回到卧室的路上，我停下来抓起那本我早买了但一直没有时间看的大部头小说。我靠在枕头上打开了书。 ⑤ The morning was moving along and so was my reading. Another twenty pages and I was stretching. I should try to crack（找到解决办法）the report I was working on. I should at least get up and do the wash. What if I was contagious? I certainly didnt want to spread any germs. The wash could wait. My family was resourceful enough to scrounge clothing for the next day.一早上就这样过去了，我的阅读也这样继续着。接着我又看了20页，我伸展了一下身体。我应该把那个我一直忙着的工作报告做完。或许，我至少应该起床，洗点衣服。要是我患了传染